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2026 Becomes the Year of Quantum Security 🔐 YQS2026 2026 is being framed as the Year of Quantum Security: #YQS2026 After a year in which quantum moved decisively into the mainstream with International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the next phase is already taking shape. The focus is shifting from awareness to execution, and security is emerging as the defining challenge. An outlook on the year ahead explores how security for quantum and security from quantum will shape how quantum technologies are deployed, protected, and trusted globally. The Year of Quantum Security officially launches January 12th in Washington, D.C., with participation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), alongside industry leaders and ecosystem partners. Registration is still open for those who want to be part of the opening conversation. Read the article. Join the launch. Be part of the year that sets the security agenda for the quantum era. Learn more:

Since January 2025, IonQ, Quantinuum, D-Wave and Rigetti Computing have raised at least $8.7 billion between them. Same sector, same window, very different amounts. If you're weighing any of these companies, you need that next to their partners, research and revenue, not in a separate spreadsheet. The Company Comparator on The Quantum Insider's platform, TQI 2.0, puts up to five companies side by side across funding, financials, partners, research and patents, and media. What used to take an afternoon takes one view. See it for yourself. Request a free demo: #TQI2point0

Every new solar array, heat pump and EV charger lands on the distribution grid. Deciding where and when to expand that grid is a combinatorial problem that grows fast with network size. E.ON's track in the Global Quantum + AI Challenge: quantum-enabled grid expansion planning for distribution energy networks. 84 applicants entered the track, a 14.8% conversion from registration to application. E.ON experts are now reviewing every submission against real operational constraints. Winners will be announced later this year, with $40,000 for the top team. #QuantumComputing #Energy #GlobalQuantumAIChallenge

Our Quantum Future is heading to Cannes. 🎬 We're proud to share that the documentary will be screened at the World Quantum Cannes Festival as part of the Horizons Quantiques programme, a day dedicated to raising awareness of quantum technology with the local ecosystem and festival attendees. 📅 Wednesday 18th November, 12pm 📍 Horizons Quantiques Conference Room, Palais des Festivals, Cannes The Quantum Insider is proud to be a partner of the festival. 🎥 Watch the trailer:

What If Quantum Computing Isn’t Binary? Inside the Blok Lab at Rochester - @BlueFors_Ltd Watch here:

Florida’s quantum ecosystem looks very different from when Quantum Beach started, and last week in West Palm Beach the progress was hard to miss. 💥 Researchers, investors, founders and policymakers came together at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, with plenty of momentum to point to: 🔹 D-Wave has moved its HQ to Boca, and Florida Atlantic University now has an Advantage2 on campus 🔹 IonQ and Florida LambdaRail LLC are building a quantum-secure corridor from Palm Beach to Miami 🔹 Palm Beach State College is investing millions in workforce training We were also proud to present the Florida Quantum Ecosystem report, developed with the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County and FloridaCommerce, mapping where the state stands and where it’s heading. Missed it? The report preview and full livestream recording are linked below.👇 Report: Live Stream: #QuantumBeach2026

OpenAI Computing Claim Faces Review, Raising Questions About Quantum Advantage

IBM Connects Two 120-Qubit Processors With 99% State-Transfer Fidelity

Intel to Acquire Classiq to Create a Full-stack Quantum Computing Platform

Quantum Art Research Outlines More Efficient Quantum Approach to Wave Modeling

Report: UK’s £30 Million Quantum Testbed Program Helps Suppliers Advance Toward Commercial Deployment

Entanglement can't send a message faster than light. What it can do is stranger than that. In the latest episode of The Quantum Economy Podcast, Anders Indset speaks with Stephanie Wehner, Professor of Quantum Information at TU Delft. The distinction she draws is worth sitting with: entanglement doesn't allow faster-than-light communication. It allows faster-than-light coordination between parties who aren't communicating at all. They also get into: - Why a quantum internet doesn't need a quantum computer - The hardware reality: NV centers vs trapped ions, and why only around 3% of NV center photons make it into the fiber - Secure links already running at the Port of Rotterdam, and a 500 km target by 2030 - Why "harvest now, decrypt later" is a problem you need to think about today 🎧 Listen and Watch today: YouTube: Spotify: Apple:

RT @DeltaGoldTech: 🎉 Delta Gold Tech has expanded its research programmes at @penn_state University and the University of Toronto @UofT to include dedicated work in quantum sensing and quantum communications, with new sensing equipment being acquired at both universities. The Company has also raised £1.79 million through strategic direct subscriptions to support these workstreams, potential future UK university collaborations and general working capital. RNS link in replies. #DGQ #DGQTF #O2J

IQM and Telefónica Plan Quantum Computer for Madrid University

Quandela And Quanova Partner to Deploy Vietnam’s First Quantum Computer

Credit card fraud costs $34B a year, with $404B projected over the next decade. HSBC's track in the Global Quantum + AI Challenge applies quantum machine learning to that problem: quantum-enhanced fraud detection for digital payment ecosystems. 84 applicants entered the track, a 13.7% conversion from registration to application. HSBC experts are now reviewing every submission against the compliance and security demands of a regulated industry. Winners will be announced later this year. #QuantumComputing #FinancialServices #GlobalQuantumAIChallenge

Study: AI Could Speed Quantum Threats — And Help Build Defenses

South Korea Expands Quantum Communications Testbeds Through 2028

John Martinis, John Preskill and Scott Aaronson are all heading to Chicago this December, with more speakers still to be announced. At Q2B26 x Chicago Quantum Summit, the conversation moves from research to real-world value: 🔹 Quantum computing and HPC, error correction and quantum AI 🔹 Communications, security, sensing and timing 🔹 Industry case studies, live demos and new announcements 🔹 Connections with companies, investors and public-sector leaders December 8-10, Chicago. Register here: #Q2B26 #QuantumTechnology

Alice & Bob Reports Cat-Qubit Progress in French Quantum Computing Program

Coherence Quantum Raises €2.78 Million in Seed Round